24th February 1866.
I have the honor by direction of the Chief Secretary to request that you will be good enough to furnish this Department, at as early a date as possible with the undermentioned Return for the purpose of being laid before the Legislative Assembly in compliance with an order on the motion of Mr McCann
(Sd) J. Moore
"A Return showing the names of the persons employed at this date at the Melbourne Botanical Gardens, the nature of their employment and their rate of wages."1
The Director of
The Botanic Gardens.
Melbourne
The Return (see M to J. McCulloch, 25 February 1866) was presented to Parliament on 27 February 1866 and ordered to be laid on the table (Victoria. Votes and proceedings of the Legislative Assembly, first session 1866, p. 27).
Please cite as “FVM-66-02-24g,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on